An Early 17thC North Italian Renaissance Pine Cassone c.1620 sub-Art & Sculpture Britain itself in 1790 saw

Britain itself in 1790 saw William Bligh arriving back in Britain with the first report of the Mutiny on the Bounty and the 91-mile Oxford Canal is opened

but saluting to the magpie apparently counteracts this

the square legs with fluted pilasters with wonderfully well carved scroll angle brackets and surmounted by roundels

with hinged opening lid to reveal trader's label and apple green pinstripe interior with chrome inserts

An Early 17thC North Italian Renaissance Pine Cassone c.1620 sub-Art & Sculpture Britain itself in 1790 sawOrigin: North Italian Period: Renaissance Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1620 Height: 28 Width: 63 Depth: 26 (all at extremities) The large pine coffer or marriage chest (Cassone), having a beautiful faded and sun bleached pine carcass, taken on pink hues, the two plank top opening to reveal a vacant interior with later lid rest, the flanks with carved baluster pilasters and fielded panelled front and sides having the original ornate iron plate pierced